Parading my nerdy bits.

December 27, 2007April 20, 2012

Thank you, 2007.

Sometimes it is just easier to copy and paste rather than trying to reconstruct a conversation more eloquently. That, and I am just plain lazy.

ooopinchme: i wrote down 10 thingsooopinchme: to live byooopinchme: and i don’t know where it is anymore 😦Its just Mari 12: sucksooopinchme: it was just 3 weeks agoooopinchme: hahaIts just Mari 12: hahahaIts just Mari 12: tsk tskooopinchme: i changed my default againooopinchme: ughooopinchme: i can’t make up my mindIts just Mari 12: hahaooopinchme: gahooopinchme: i wish i had that listIts just Mari 12: ??ooopinchme: 10 things to live by that i gleaned from a good book i readIts just Mari 12: ooohIts just Mari 12: do you rember any of them?ooopinchme: it’s what i want to blog aboutooopinchme: a fewooopinchme: one of them is this: god is in everything. people continue to search for him because it’s too simple to accept the fact that life itself is an act of faithooopinchme: another is: you don’t ever have to explain yourself to anyoneooopinchme: meaning, you don’t need to worry about what others thinkIts just Mari 12: yeahIts just Mari 12: what book did you read this in?ooopinchme: Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelgoooopinchme: erooopinchme: Coelhoooopinchme: good bookooopinchme: what else…ooopinchme: Never live your life for someone elseooopinchme: always stay in tune with your feelings. don’t stifle them, but also don’t let them control youooopinchme: pretty much, it’s a theory called gunnysackingooopinchme: the majority of people swallow a lot of their emotionsooopinchme: rather than getting into a confrontationooopinchme: and you continue to carry these feelings with youIts just Mari 12: of course, because it seems like it’s easier that way but in reality it’s notooopinchme: until your “gunnysack” becomes too fullooopinchme: and you either explodeooopinchme: on someone who doesn’t really deserve any of your anger or whatever it isooopinchme: or you implodeooopinchme: and you can physically get ickooopinchme: sick*Its just Mari 12: haha. sounds like i’m a victim of the “gunnysack”ooopinchme: hahaooopinchme: i am tooIts just Mari 12: eeshooopinchme: it’s not goodooopinchme: or rather, not healthyooopinchme: um..ooopinchme: what elseooopinchme: every person lives in his or her own realityooopinchme: it’s fashioned out of the way they were brought upooopinchme: by societyooopinchme: etc.ooopinchme: ohooopinchme: conformity is unnaturalooopinchme: we become obsessed with becoming people we think we want to beooopinchme: or society thinks we want to beooopinchme: whatever is deemed as normalooopinchme: its OK to be isnaooopinchme: insnaeooopinchme: insaneooopinchme: it’s OK to be differentIts just Mari 12: of courseIts just Mari 12: hahaooopinchme: there’s moreooopinchme: ohIts just Mari 12: hmm.. looks like i found another book to readooopinchme: people go insane when they try to escape from the lives they’ve fashionedooopinchme: some people take the easy way, by going “insnae” by society’s standardsooopinchme: meaning, since we judge them as unfit to live with the rest of us, we cloister them with otehrs like themooopinchme: and then they are allowed to live outside of societyooopinchme: without its confinesooopinchme: without its rules and etiquetteooopinchme: but then again, that puts them back into the false sense of security they were trying to escape out in the “normal” worldooopinchme: because when you’re locked elsewhere with people like you, it’s the same thingooopinchme: it’s safeIts just Mari 12: right.. so it drives them even more insaneooopinchme: not necessarily more insane, but there’s no growthooopinchme: people are afraid to growIts just Mari 12: hmmooopinchme: because growth takes them in directions that don’t seem normalooopinchme: or familiarooopinchme: it doesn’t matter whether a situation is to your likingooopinchme: you’ll learn something either wayooopinchme: and that’s the valuable and beautiful thing about lifeooopinchme: nothingooopinchme: and no oneooopinchme: is the sameooopinchme: and you’re only really living life if you’re out there experiencing as much of it as possibleooopinchme: it’s the people who approach each day with a grateful smile who are getting the most out of lifeooopinchme: i suppose that’s what i’m trying to aspire toooopinchme: but it’s hardIts just Mari 12: it isooopinchme: even if you know you’re in control of the majority of thingsooopinchme: you’re in control of your attitude, of the way you see thingsooopinchme: you can influence your life to such an insane degreeooopinchme: just by altering your perception of it and looking forward to each dayooopinchme: i suppose that’s the overall message of this pseudo rant of mineooopinchme: we have way more control than we can usually imagineIts just Mari 12: yes, we doIts just Mari 12: it’s just a matter of deciding what’s right for youooopinchme: mmhmmooopinchme: and you’re the only person who cna decide thatIts just Mari 12: exactlyooopinchme: fuck everyone else who tries to butt inooopinchme: despite their good intentionsIts just Mari 12: mhmmooopinchme: there’s more on my list i thinkooopinchme: i don’t know how many points i just touched onIts just Mari 12: that’s really insightful thoughIts just Mari 12: such a change for you.. talk about openning upIts just Mari 12: hahaooopinchme: to live life the way you’re meant toooopinchme: takes some big ballsooopinchme: hahaIts just Mari 12: yeahooopinchme: i get really worked up about things like thisIts just Mari 12: but i guess it’s something we all try to do but with minimal effortooopinchme: because from all facets of your life, you always have people influencing you, and even going so far as to tell you what or hwo to do thingsIts just Mari 12: which is how misunderstandings happen and arguments are errupted.. hahaooopinchme: it’s a control issueooopinchme: a lot of people, women especially, i think, try to control whatever they canooopinchme: it’s a false sense of securityooopinchme: i know i’m like thatIts just Mari 12: as am iooopinchme: i like to be totally in control of anything i’m involved inooopinchme: well, if i deem it important enoughooopinchme: hahaIts just Mari 12: hahaIts just Mari 12: especially if you’re used to taking lead in every situation, it becomes a natural occuranceooopinchme: yehaooopinchme: ohooopinchme: i need help making cranberry cupcakesooopinchme: for a coworker i adoreooopinchme: hahaIts just Mari 12: cranberry cupcakes?Its just Mari 12: okkooopinchme: that’s what he saidooopinchme: hahaooopinchme: mmmooopinchme: men and women are totally differentooopinchme: it’s a bit too much of a stretchooopinchme: to think we’re simiilarooopinchme: it’s not a question of equalityooopinchme: we’re innately differentIts just Mari 12: mhmmooopinchme: in a biological and cultural senseooopinchme: or behavioral sense, i meanooopinchme: women talkooopinchme: a lotooopinchme: men DOooopinchme: men express their passions through what they DOooopinchme: what they’re intoooopinchme: sports are a prime exampleIts just Mari 12: mhmmooopinchme: which is why we can’t communicate wellooopinchme: we want to hear them say thingsooopinchme: likeooopinchme: “i love you”ooopinchme: or “you mean everything to me”ooopinchme: even though they may show us these things through little gesturesIts just Mari 12: when women should really consider and “listen” to gestures/actsIts just Mari 12: hahahaooopinchme: like absentmindedly running their fingers through our hairooopinchme: or fixing our carsooopinchme: hahaIts just Mari 12: hahaIts just Mari 12: or the way they stare at you for no apparent reason without saying a word to youIts just Mari 12: hahaooopinchme: exactlyooopinchme: the creepsIts just Mari 12: hahaooopinchme: i’ll be honest and say i hate it when david does thatooopinchme: i always have to say “what do you want?!”Its just Mari 12: oh i hated it when earl did that ooopinchme: “auuughhh”ooopinchme: then i turn around and busy myself with somethingIts just Mari 12: mhmmooopinchme: ohooopinchme: a good man will want to protect youIts just Mari 12: mhmmooopinchme: whether he’s your brother, father or loverooopinchme: his first instinct is to keep you as safe as possibleooopinchme: and that can translate financially as wellIts just Mari 12: mhmmooopinchme: i remember when i first heard thatIts just Mari 12: oh we have many of those among usooopinchme: exactlyooopinchme: it just completely rang trueooopinchme: i ran through all the close males in my lifeooopinchme: dad, brother, david, our guysooopinchme: at times, their concern is just ridiculously absurdIts just Mari 12: hahahaooopinchme: no, i am NOT going to get raped walking around in broad daylightooopinchme: the odds are slimooopinchme: yes, i AM smart enough not to do this or thatIts just Mari 12: mhmmIts just Mari 12: it’s amazing how often i’ve heard women say that their men are taking them forgranted but probably in reality it’s complete oppositeooopinchme: yepIts just Mari 12: makes me want to do something for the guys, as we planned to do during the summerIts just Mari 12: haha

One thought on “Thank you, 2007.”

hello!I’m a big Paulo Coelho’s fan and I don’t know if you heard about his bloghttp://www.paulocoelhoblog.comI’ve started as a fan and now I’m collaborating with him and thought that you would like to enter his universe.Check the blog. if you want, or subscribe to his newsletterhttp://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.htmlYou’ll see a community of warriors of light sharing ideas, dreams and most importantly following their personal legend.QUOTE OF THE DAY:A Warrior of Light needs both patience and speed. ( Manual of the Warrior of Light)Merry Christmas! Aart